Fruit-tray.



A. Nl. LANE.

rFRUIT TRAY.

APPLICATION, FILED MAY 9. ISH.

Patented Oct. 30, 1917 ALFRED ivi.. LANE,-0E sir. LoUIs, MISSOURI, AssIGNoE 'ro MONAECHIVIETAI. WEATHER STRIP COMPANY, OF ST. LOUIS, .MISSOURL A CORPORATION OF MISSOURI.

FRUIT-TRAY.

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This invention relates to sheet metal ware, Y

and particularly to trays Jfor drying fruit.

rPhe objects of the invention are strength and lightness of construction, coupled with ease of replacement or parts subject to wear and rust. A further object is convenience in handling the tray and in stacking up trays one on another.

The invention consists in the details of construction hereinafter described, reference being had to the accompanying drawings which illustrate the invention in a preferred forni.

Nliat is claimed as theinvention appears from the appended claims.

In the drawings, wherein the same reference characters designate the saine parts in the several views,

Figure 1 is an isometric view of a :fruit drying tray embodying the invention;

Fig. 2 is a bottom view of one corner or the tray drawn to a large scale, a portion or the figure being in sectionfalo'ng the middle of the base frame to disclose the screen clamp rods and corner brace; and

Fig. 3 is a transverse section through the edge portion of the tray, showing the corner brace` iii elevation. Y

The tray consists of sheet metal side walls 11 and a woven wire bottom 12. The side walls slope outwardly and have a ledge 13 projecting outwardly part way up fromfthe bottom of the tray and extending around its four sides. The top edges of the sides are curled around a wirelll which secures them together at the corners. The bottom edges of the sides arevbent out and down* and in toY form a hollow base 15. The wire bottomrlQ is bent around the outer edges of hollow frame Inembers 16 which are'V mitered together at their corners and areinelosed by Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Oct. 30, 1917.

'Application iea May a, 1917. serial No. 167,551.

the base portion 15 of ythe sides. The kouter edges of the frame members 16 are concave,

forming a groove around the frame, and the edges of the wire ybottom are clamped in the bottomof the groove by rods 17 made of wood or other suitable material, Vwhich are held between the framemembers and hollow base 15. Angle braces 18 are screwed, riveted or otherwisesecured to the frame mem screws 19 which secure them in place pass through the bottom flanges of the hollow base portions 15 of the side wallsand fasten them to the frames.

The base or the tray is slightly smaller than ythe vertical position of the side walls, so the trays'may be stacked up with the base of one resting upon the ledge 13 of the tray beneath. The ledges 18 also provide va cony venieiit means for lifting the'tray and for supporting it iii a rack.

I claim the following as my invention: f

1; A tray having side walls provided with ledges integral tlierewitlnaiid an openwork bottom, the lower edges of the side walls inclosing said bottom and orming'a base the overall dimensions of said base being small enough Vto permit it to enter a like tray and rest on the ledges thereof.

2. A tray having outwardly sloping sidel walls provided with ledgesintegral there-k with located partway up said sides, and an openwork bottom, the lower edgesof the side walls supporting said bottom andk forming a base whose dimensions kare slightly less thanl thoseoffthe top openingy of said tray, i

whereby when a number of'tr'ays are nested, the base kor each tray rests on the ledges of the tray beneath.

8. A tray having side walls, and an openwork bottom, a frame for said bottom, said n frame having a groove around its outer edge,'and means in said groove for securing said openwork bottom to said frame, the

lower edges of the side walls being formed in a hollow Vrib inclosing said frame and clamping said securingfme'ans and said bottom and forming a base for the tray.

4. A tray having side Walls, and im opensecuring means and said bottom and orm- Work bottom, a. frame for said bottom, said ing a base for the tray, and braces in the frame having a groove around its outer edge, corners of said hollow rib secured to said 1o means in said groove for securing said openframe and to said side Walls.

5 Work bottomto said frame, the lower edges Signed at St. Louis, Mssournthisseventh of theside Wztllsjbeng formed lin `:L hollow day ofj-May, 1,917'. rib nclosing said rme and clampingsrad V ALFRED M. LANE.

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